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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1912
Page
10
A collage of old ad copy promotes medicines like LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE and Garfield Tea, with claims of fast cures and money-back guarantees. It includes promotions from W H Walker of Pittsburgh for a discount goods book and Paxton Toilet Co. pricing Paxtine at 25c.
A rural visitor tours New York City with a host showing off iconic buildings and the Municipal Lodging house. The host calls it one of New York's homes for cripples, meaning financial cripples, as the car moves on.
Mrs Henry Peck asks her husband to be funny for guests and Henry replies with a timid question about her hair. The scene captures a light social moment from a Boston Globe piece on domestic humor and witty banter.
A Georgia woman shares a persuasive letter praising Grape-Nuts and Postum. She details indigestion and heart palpitations, claims cereals failed, then notes rapid health improvement, regained strength, and clearer mind after using the products. The letter, attributed to Postum Co., cites a booklet and prompts readers to seek the brand.
The Detroit star Ty Cobb is hailed by sports writers and peers for a record-shattering career. Praised for batting prowess, base running, and fielding, Cobb is described as surpassing all others and possibly reaching several peak years ahead.
Cap t Doyle rises from the Kitty league to join the National League champion Giants. Pitcher Larry Doyle, initially overlooked in Mattoon and Springfield signings, becomes a marquee talent after Bert Belt advises careful evaluation. Giants pay 4500 dollars, Doyle shores up the roster as a future star in New York.
The Brooklyn club lists nine Southern league graduates: Rucker Erwin Smith Stark Hummell Downs Wheat Daubert and Northern bringing veteran experience to the squad.
An advertisement emphasizes the harms of neglected skin and hair and promotes Cuticura Soap and Ointment as affordable remedies. It asserts benefits for complexion, rough hands, and hair while offering free samples by sending 2 postal to Cuticura Dept. L Boston and a 32 page booklet on treatment.
A boy trips while running to his parents on a moving car platform as the mother and father react with concern and remarks about a hash breakfast. The exchange captures a domestic, humorous moment with a casual tone and local color.
An OCR filled page blends product pitches for Castoria Fletcher's, eye salves, Garfield Tea and Winslow's soothing syrup with quips and moral lines. Mentions Pittsburg catalog offers and misc. one liners about shutter jokes and self-reliance amid generic ads and memories.
A fragment list of miscellaneous quips and ad copy phrases appears. It includes a tale of a truth telling office boy, a clerk’s caution about honesty, sailing wisdom, a prompt about checking water depth, and various medicinal and health claims. The text blends humor with promotional lines and proverb-like maxims.
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